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Senior/ Assistant Manager, Centre Grant, Research Office (Contract)
Role summary
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The role supports Sengkang General Hospital’s Research Office in administering centre grants and coordinating research funding activities. Requirements typically include a degree in business administration, life sciences, healthcare management, or a related discipline, together with relevant experience in grant administration, research operations, project coordination, or finance. The candidate should be organised, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing budgets, documentation, timelines, and stakeholder communications. Strong written and verbal communication skills, proficiency in Microsoft Office, and the ability to work independently with researchers and internal departments are expected. Familiarity with healthcare research, institutional grants, compliance requirements, or Singapore’s research funding environment would be advantageous.
Can I work in Singapore?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Hospital offer first; it registers you with the Nursing Board (equivalent training, valid licence, maybe an exam) and sponsors an S Pass (SGD 3,300+) or Employment Pass.
Before you apply: Nurses, doctors and most allied health staff must be registered or licensed locally before they start: expect checks on your degree and licence, often an English test, and often an exam or an assessment. Ask the employer who handles it and how long it takes. Most pharma and device office jobs do not need it.
Watch for: Only healthcare institutions with inpatient services can bring in foreign nurses, and the Singapore Nursing Board deals with their HR teams only, never with agents.
Official source: Singapore Nursing Board: foreign-trained nurses and midwives. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in Singapore
Usual for Healthcare jobs in Singapore, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Registration | Hospital applies to the Nursing Board for you: training, licence, practice in last 5 years; maybe an exam |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Work Permit staff: employer pays levy, bond and insurance (by law); relocation help is an expat perk |
| Housing | Public hospital groups offer foreign nurses a housing allowance (Ministry of Health, May 2023) |
| Flights | Work Permit staff: flight home paid by the employer (by law); others only if the offer says so |
| Contract | Work Permit up to 2 years; S Pass and Employment Pass up to 2, then 3; notice 1 day to 4 weeks by default |
| Leave | 7 to 14 days (by law; many get more); 11 public holidays; 14 days' sick leave, 60 in hospital |
| Income tax | 0% up to SGD 20,000 a year, then 2% to 24% (about 3% at SGD 60,000); resident rates on a 1-year pass |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Sengkang General Hospital Pte. Ltd.
Sengkang General Hospital (SKH) is a major public hospital in Singapore serving the growing north-eastern community. It provides acute and specialist healthcare services across a broad range of medical disciplines and works closely with primary care and community partners. As part of the SingHealth group, SKH is involved in clinical education, healthcare innovation, and medical research. Its Research Office supports investigators, research centres, grants, partnerships, and institutional research governance. The hospital offers a multidisciplinary working environment involving clinicians, researchers, allied health professionals, administrators, and technology teams. Employees generally benefit from structured professional development, exposure to public healthcare operations, and opportunities to contribute to initiatives that improve patient care and health outcomes. This contract position would suit an experienced coordinator or manager interested in research administration within Singapore’s public healthcare system.